I wonder exactly how many reporters the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will use to cover the Rick Majerus story.
Scandal in St. Louis, again
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Muslim athletes and their clothing
For being on page A1 in The Washington Post, the article earlier this week on a high school athlete disqualified from a track meet for wearing clothing intended to be modest for religious reasons is missing a few things. Fortunately, we have the Internet, and the captions on the online photo gallery fill in a few details that were lacking from the story.
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Checkmate! (an update, no correction)
The iconoclastic chess genius Bobby Fischer – one of the most unique public figures of the Cold War era — lived a bizarre life that blended astonishing victories with mysterious choices that, to others, looked like intentional failures or lapses of judgment or something. You can read all about that in the New York Times obituary for Fischer, simply by clicking here.
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Hints at Dungy's exit making news (updated)
When you think of faith in sports, you don’t have to think too hard until you come to Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy.
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Faith, family and football -- again
Forget the primaries. Here in D.C., the big news is that Joe Gibbs resigned and retired as head coach and leader of the Washington Redskins. The Washington Post played its boxed collection of Gibbs URLs above the New Hampshire coverage this morning. Mercy, talk about a clash in local religions.
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Alert: Godtalk on the gridiron
On the TV right now, Chris Collingsworth of NBC is talking about the Washington Redskins and the belief among the players that they are playing in honor of the late superstar Sean Taylor and that he is still with them.
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Tebow talks about Jesus (silence)
While I am not trying to turn this into a sports blog, we are in the bowls and playoff session — a series of secular holy days — and the topics keep coming up. Thus, I spend a really interesting hour the other day on the telephone with Washington Post sportswriter Kathy Orton, who will, apparently, be writing an ongoing feature at the “On Faith” weblog called “Praying Fields.”
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Now we get it, now we don't
If you are a fan of ultra-low-budget sports movies that are made by Southern Baptist pastors with the help of a handful of pro techies, then you may remember the whole “Facing the Giants” story back in 2006.
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Why is Gibbs so good in crisis?
In a few hours, the fate of the Washington Redskins’ emotionally and spiritually harrowing season will be decided as they take on the Dallas Cowboys at FedEx Field. There are many reasons to look at the Redskins’ season and wonder why they are in contention for a playoff spot — especially the shocking and tragic murder of safety Sean Taylor.
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